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Yasser Arafat has survived any number of "defining moments" and "turning points" in hisdecades as a Palestinian leader. Now practises another(prenominal), perhaps the final one. The horrific thrashing of more than two dozen innocent Israelis in attacks in Jerusalem and Haifa overthe weekend makes it imperative that the Palestinian Authority president break the prat ofthe terrorist groups that carry out such murders of pure hatred. Arafats failure to do sowould open the door to an all-out Israeli war on organizations such as Hamas, whichclaimed responsibility for the most recent attacks, and Islamic Jihad, surely with greatersuffering for the Palestinian people Arafat claims to represent.     Israel retaliated Monday, launching air strikes on Arafats helicopter compound inthe Gaza Strip and the West Bank city of Jenin. Israeli spokesmen also warned of greater,unspecified payback.     The attack and counterattack are the latest tightening of the dreadful happeningsthat must and convey to come to an end. Why cant the people of both nations live in peaceand agree to live within and alongside one another? I find these recent outbreaks of hatredas pure ignorance. They cant even image agreeing with each other. In years past unifyStates presidents have tried, but only to see more killing. I believe as a nation we need tohold a diplomatic seance with both nations, and maybe this will have impact on them tosee the mass destruction and economic hardships on their nations. I cant understand, orimagine living in a world where you cant even go to the mall for risk of some maniac thatmight come storming in and blow himself up, or riding the public transportation for fear ofbeing killed by a bomb. They have been fighting since the beginning of clock time itself and it istime we look at this closer.      Israel uses helicopters and foot soldiers, bullets and missiles in massive attacksthat kill i nnocent Palestinians and inflame the hatred. Palestinian suicide bombers strapweapons around their waists and kill as legion(predicate) Israelis as they can. I dont know about youbut to strap a bomb to myself and let it explode is a different design than to just drop thebomb, or throw a grenade. Doesnt that do the same involvement without killing yourself? Whoare they trying to kill here? The thing is that Arafat must realize that the weekend attacksrepresent an assault on his own authority as well as on the tatters of the peace process.Israeli and Palestinian voices of peace have been reduced to whispers the average person